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I posted this on reddit and on Facebook, and it wasn't a well-received opinion. At the time, I was feeling maybe a little cynical towards my town's film scene, my involvement in it, and I think this may have rubbed off on me. The only way to really tell I guess would be for me to re-watch the film, and I think I'm gonna have to - I feel that I need to watch it again, in a different mindset, to see if I my this short review really reflects my opinions on the movie.
Anyways, the review, posted on Facebook and mainly directed to the people I work with in the Cleveland film scene, as well as general Clevelanders:
My honest thoughts on the second Captain America movie:
If the scenes that were filmed in Cleveland were instead shot in Minneapolis, would you have liked it as much?
Because I feel a lot of the hype of the film, especially around here, was built up around the fact that some of it was shot here, and that may have created a bias towards enjoying it. To me though, it was partly distracting - the people in the theater being all excited of that shot of the shore way. And that's fine, but as for myself, and as much as I support the Cleveland film scene, I watch a movie for its final results, not for its shooting locations. And honestly, I don't know what to make of this movie. Better than Thor: The Dark World, but as a super hero film? If you hadn't been following these Marvel movies since 2008, you could very well think that this was just some mediocre over-the-top action film.
I don't know. 6 out of 10, for now. Make more exciting super hero films like The Avengers. This film and Thor 2 kinda show that some people, myself included, want a massive super hero film like Avengers every time now, and not these individual ones that merely drag out way too long of a storyline that's just milking what they financially can out of these franchises before the "Super Hero Movie" bubble bursts.
Anyways, the review, posted on Facebook and mainly directed to the people I work with in the Cleveland film scene, as well as general Clevelanders:
My honest thoughts on the second Captain America movie:
If the scenes that were filmed in Cleveland were instead shot in Minneapolis, would you have liked it as much?
Because I feel a lot of the hype of the film, especially around here, was built up around the fact that some of it was shot here, and that may have created a bias towards enjoying it. To me though, it was partly distracting - the people in the theater being all excited of that shot of the shore way. And that's fine, but as for myself, and as much as I support the Cleveland film scene, I watch a movie for its final results, not for its shooting locations. And honestly, I don't know what to make of this movie. Better than Thor: The Dark World, but as a super hero film? If you hadn't been following these Marvel movies since 2008, you could very well think that this was just some mediocre over-the-top action film.
I don't know. 6 out of 10, for now. Make more exciting super hero films like The Avengers. This film and Thor 2 kinda show that some people, myself included, want a massive super hero film like Avengers every time now, and not these individual ones that merely drag out way too long of a storyline that's just milking what they financially can out of these franchises before the "Super Hero Movie" bubble bursts.
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